SOLIC'ITOUS, adjective [Latin solicitus.]

1. Careful; anxious; ver desirous, as to obtain something. Men are often more solicitous to obtain the favor of their king or of the people, than of their Maker.

2. Careful; anxious concerned; as respecting an unknown but interesting event; followed usually by about or for. We say, a man is solicitous about the fate ofhis petition, or about the result of the negotiation. He is solicitous for the safety of his ship.

3. Anxious; concerned; followed by for, as when something is to be obtained. Be not solicitous for the future.